News & Reviews:   Google Mobile Services

A new report has arrived stating that smartphones with less than 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage will not be able to run Google Mobile Services (GMS) with Android 13. It will serve as the updated requirement for the Android OEMs.

After leaving HUAWEI, HONOR is going to make a comeback with a flagship series built on its own in May 2021. As rumours suggested, the flagship series could be called HONOR 50 and the most high-end model is expected to be the HONOR 50 Pro Plus. Today, the latest news has arrived claiming that the HONOR devices will be returning with Google Mobile Services.

A few weeks ago, HUAWEI had announced that the HarmonyOS will soon be available as an update for current smartphones starting from April. The company also mentioned that the Mate X2 will be the first device to get the update via OTA. If you are wondering what other devices will be getting the update afterward, the answer might have arrived with a leak pointing to all devices with Kirin 710 and above.

With the Biden administration taking over, many must have high hopes that the new government will reconsider the trade sanction imposed on HUAWEI. However, it looks like there will be no good news as the President's pick for Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has no intentions of removing the sanction.

It has been two weeks since President Biden started working in the office, but there's no word if he would lift the ban on Huawei that was done by the Trump Administration. This also includes the shipments between Huawei and their partners but what does this mean for HONOR?

After Huawei sold off HONOR, the public has started to question whether HONOR will regain access to Google Mobile Services (GMS). Now, it looks like that the answer has been revealed with a reputable Russian newspaper reported that the smartphone company is working on a new line that runs the GMS.

Now that the Honor has been sold to another new company, the brand will most likely start going through some changes to its operations. More importantly, we can expect its products to undergo some key changes as well. Here are a few points that are being speculated at the moment.

We all know that the US ban is causing a lot of troubles to HUAWEI. From Google services to the production of chipsets, the Chinese tech giant is determined to overcome them one by one. Earlier, it was reported that the company's self-made HarmonyOS will be featured on all their devices in the future. Now, it looks like they are slowly achieving the goal by announcing the first smartphone that comes with the system later this year.

For those who bought the previous HUAWEI smartphones that come with GMS (Google Mobile Services), this could be a problem that you might be worried about after the US ban happened. As the company no longer has access to American software and technology, current users are wondering if their HUAWEI devices (with GMS) still can get system updates or security patches. Now, it appears that the answer might be a 'yes' from a statement made by HUAWEI.

It's been many months now since Huawei is facing an unfortunate ban from the US government from using any Google Mobile Services (GMS). Even though they do have their own AppGallery, but it's missing a lot of key apps that users use outside of China. That said, that could all change now thanks to the latest report by Reuters - Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO and vivo are gonna team up to create their own alternative platform to Google Play Store!